Devin Hester: 1:54 800m and 4:09 mile

In regards to athletes that have exceptional range, there was a group of runners in the early-mid 2000s from Wissahickon, Pa that had decent 100-400m times, and they made states in 2005 for cross-country with these runners. Sure none of them ran 20.XX but 22 range for 200s and then to run in the 15-16 minute range is pretty good. Some of you may know the best runner from this group, Nick Crits, who went to La Salle and now runs for NYNJTC.

Nick Crits 22.82 (fr) and 16:13 (so) at Districts 2005 - Eventual 4:04 Runner

Teddy Miller 11.12, 22.35 (so) 17:01 (jr) at Districts 2005 - Eventual 30:55 10k

Jordan Hill 50.41 16:14 Sr at Districts 2005

Scott Kern 22.54 (fr) 16:30 in 2007 (sr)

XY wrote:

No this is not for real. No on the 800m and mile

you all are gullible

And you're ignorant. This thread was opposing the accuracy of those times.

See this thread for 100m times by NFL players:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3951844&page=2

Bob Hayes: 10.05 World Record 1964

Darrell Green: 10.08

Willie Gault: 10.1

Cliff Branch: 10.24

Deion Sanders 10.26

Chris Johnson: 10.38

Bo Jackson: 10.39

Darrius Heyward-Bey: 10.4

Tim Dwight: 10.41

Devin Hester: 10:42

Reggie Bush: 10.42

Rocket Ismail: 10:57

I don't know which of these are wind-aided.

Well that's missing Jeff Demps at a minimum.

I remember state meet hester's senior year. He was running for suncoast and they were a lock for the state title. Anyway, he bombed (by his standards) helped us win the overall championships. I still have my state meet gold medal and its one of my greatest accomplishments.

I doubt hester cares.

Ron Brown and Johhny Lam Jones belong on your list.

I dont recall the name but a small school not too far from me has the same record holder for every boys track event 100m-1600m.

100m is around 11 flat and the mile is in the 4:20s

XY wrote:

No this is not for real. No on the 800m and mile

you all are gullible

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And you're ignorant. This thread was opposing the accuracy of those times.

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And WTF are you talking about.? My post was like the 4th post. The OP asks "are these times for real" ? the next post say they believe the 800m but probably not the mile.

statfool wrote:

See this thread for 100m times by NFL players:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3951844&page=2

Bob Hayes: 10.05 World Record 1964

Darrell Green: 10.08

Willie Gault: 10.1

Cliff Branch: 10.24

Deion Sanders 10.26

Chris Johnson: 10.38

Bo Jackson: 10.39

Darrius Heyward-Bey: 10.4

Tim Dwight: 10.41

Devin Hester: 10:42

Reggie Bush: 10.42

Rocket Ismail: 10:57

I don't know which of these are wind-aided.

Trindon Holiday and Jacoby Ford immediately come to mind who should have been on this list. Jeff Demps just got to the NFL so he would be on it as well. These guys are at the absolute top of the list. Sam Graddy should be on the list ahead of a lot of those guys...actually all but Green and Hayes. Ron Brown. Alvis Whitted. James Jett. Mike Miller.

In fact...that list is terrible. LOL.

Seriously, ttc are you drunk?

Add

Herchel Walker

Rany Moss

Joey Galloway

Renaldo Nehemia

Rod Woodson

among a ton of other really fast guys who just never ran a timed 100m

Bennie Wright wrote:

10.8 and 20.77???? That would mean Obea's 2nd 100m for the 200m was sub 10.0. Obea must have been much faster than 10.8.

This is because Obea did not run frequently the 100m dash. But he was in the 4x100 team at World Juniors in Sydney 1996, so yes, his suggested 100m speed is better than 10.8

Something similar happened with Lashawn Merrit in WJC's 2004. He did the 400, the 4x400 and the 4x100. And I think Lashawn is faster than his listed 10.56 PB.

statfool wrote:

See this thread for 100m times by NFL players:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3951844&page=2

Bob Hayes: 10.05 World Record 1964

Darrell Green: 10.08

Willie Gault: 10.1

Cliff Branch: 10.24

Deion Sanders 10.26

Chris Johnson: 10.38

Bo Jackson: 10.39

Darrius Heyward-Bey: 10.4

Tim Dwight: 10.41

Devin Hester: 10:42

Reggie Bush: 10.42

Rocket Ismail: 10:57

I don't know which of these are wind-aided.

Adrian Peterson ran a 10.33 (+3.2) in the 2003 Texas 4A Meet

(scroll about half way down the page)

considering the winner of that race (only 0.17 ahead) won the World Juniors the following year and has a legal PR of 9.93, that's pretty good going for a guy of his size and other abilities

statfool wrote:

See this thread for 100m times by NFL players:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3951844&page=2

Bob Hayes: 10.05 World Record 1964

Darrell Green: 10.08

Willie Gault: 10.1

Cliff Branch: 10.24

Deion Sanders 10.26

Chris Johnson: 10.38

Bo Jackson: 10.39

Darrius Heyward-Bey: 10.4

Tim Dwight: 10.41

Devin Hester: 10:42

Reggie Bush: 10.42

Rocket Ismail: 10:57

I don't know which of these are wind-aided.

Ishmael ran 10.34, according to the Notre Dame media guide.

OK, I found a better list here (by searching beyond letsrun.com:

http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm?go=forum.posts&forum=2&thread=2219974&page=1

Jim Hines 9.95 (first official 100m run under 10 seconds)

Trindon Holliday 9.98 (Beat Walter Dix with 10.07 in 2007)

Jeff Demps 10.01 (Current Junior World Record Holder)

Bob Hayes 10.05 (First man in history to unofficially go under 10 seconds 100 meters 9.91 unofficial 1964 Olympic Games)

Ron Brown 10.06

Alvis Whitted 10.07

Darrell Green 10.08

Marquise Goodwin 10.09

Sam Graddy 10.09

Ray Norton 10.1 (1959 World Record)

Trenton Jackson 10.1

Tommie Smith 10.1

Mel Gray 10.1

Gerald Tinker 10.1

Willie Mchee 10.1

Herb Washington 10.1

Robert Woods 10.1

Willie Gault 10.1

Jerome Mathis 10.1 (set in High School track meet)

Mike Miller 10.11

Curtis Dickey 10.11

James Trapp 10.14 / 20.17 200Meter

James Jett 10.16

Michael Bates 10.17

Sultan McCullogh 10.17

Michael Bennett 10.18

Samie Parker 10.18

Jammal Charles 10.18

Henry Carr 10.2 / 20.30 200M 1964 World Record

Larry Burton 10.2

Joe Delaney 10.2

Terrence Newman 10.2

Frank Budd 10.2 (in 1961)

Anthony Phillips 10.21

Jonathan Wade 10.21

Mark Duper 10.21

Michael Ray Garvin 10.21

Jonny Jones 10.23

Clyde Glosson 10.23

Calvin Johnson 10.23

Jacoby Ford 10.23

Clifford Branch 10.24

Phil Epps 10.24

Chris Sanders 10.25

Reggie Jones 10.25

Tommie Simmons 10.25

Deion Sanders 10.26

Tony Jones 10.26

Patrick Johnson 10.26

Curtis Conway 10.28

Andre Johnson 10.29

Ronnie Powell 10.29

Laverne Smith 10.29

O.J. Simpson 10.3

Cecil Turner 10.3

Issac Curtis 10.3

Terrence Warren 10.3

Brian Witherspoon 10.3

Devery Henderson 10.3

Glen Davis 10.3 (in 1958)

Danny Peebles 10.32

Herschel Walker 10.32

Ray Ethridge 10.33

Jermaine Lewis 10.33

Ahmad Carroll 10.34

Ron Woodson 10.34

Kevin Williams 10.34

Sammie Smith 10.34

Rocket Ismail 10.34

Eric Thomas 10.35

Michael Haynes 10.35

Terry McDaniel 10.35

Joey Galloway 10.35

Lawrence Johnson 10.37

Chris Johnson 10.38

Bo Jackson 10.39

Darrius Heyward-Bey 10.4

Amos Mash 10.4

Alex Burl 10.4 (in 1956)

Tim Dwight 10.41

Reggie Bush 10.42 (High School)

Devin Hester 10.42

Tye Hill 10.48

Claude "Buddy" Young 10.5 (in 1944)

Terrell Owens 10.5

Ted Ginn 10.5

DeSean Jackson 10.5 (High School)

Antonio Brown 10.54

Randy Moss 10.96 (When he was 14 years old)

Champ Bailey 55 meters 6.35, 60 meters 6.85

Ronaldo Nehemiah 110m Hurdles 12.93

Earl McCulloch 110m Hurdles 13.2 (1967 World Record)

Jammal Charles 110mH 13.69

Antonio Cromartie 110mH 14.1

200 Meter times

Michael Bates 20.01

James Trapp 20.17

Phil Epps 20.19

Michael Timpson 20.23

Danny Peebles 20.27

Tony Jones 20.28

Jerome Mathis 20.32

400 Meters

Rod Jones 44.94

Larry Jones 44.98

Travis Hannah 45.17

Patrick Johnson 45.38

Scott Turner 45.69

Robert Smith 45.73

Johnny Thomas 45.91

Russell Carter 46.02

I coached a guy in High School who could have done this....Of course i am biased but let me give you PR's and you decide.

10.42 FAT........Baton Rouge....1993

20.77 FAT........Rice Univeristy.....1993

45.36 FAT.......State Meet......1994

1:52...HT......4x800m lead off........Baton Rouge....1993

As a former 800m/1500m college guy I know that 4:09 would have been tough but realistically, 4:15 would have been more possible. But, then again I didn't think when he was a junior in high school he would have beaten a NCAA 400m champ either. Then to top that off as a college Freshman, I didn't think he would be on 1995 World Championship team either.

This is not made up as a little bit of research will tell you who this is and everybody that knows him, will tell you that he probably had the most range of any track athlete we have seen in a long time. Just couldn't stay injury free.

I coached a guy in High School who could have done this....Of course i am biased but let me give you PR's and you decide.

10.42 FAT........Baton Rouge....1993

20.77 FAT........Rice Univeristy.....1993

45.36 FAT.......State Meet......1994

1:52...HT......4x800m lead off........Baton Rouge....1993

As a former 800m/1500m college guy I know that 4:09 would have been tough but realistically, 4:15 would have been more possible. But, then again I didn't think when he was a junior in high school he would have beaten a NCAA 400m champ either. Then to top that off as a college Freshman, I didn't think he would be on 1995 World Championship team either.

This is not made up as a little bit of research will tell you who this is and everybody that knows him, will tell you that he probably had the most range of any track athlete we have seen in a long time. Just couldn't stay injury free.

Who is this?

I wouldn't make it that easy...lol...I know letsrun readers like to exaggerate the truth, but I will assure that this is all stuff you can research....I'll give you one clue without giving you too much....he finished second his freshman year in the 400 at NC's......